It had been looming for several days: First, Austria classified Croatia as a risk area at the weekend, then the Bavarian and Baden-Württemberg prime ministers called for the Adriatic state to be added to the list of risk areas due to an increase in coronavirus outbreaks among people returning to Croatia on holiday. However, as Croatia did not exceed the limit of 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants defined by the Robert Koch Institute, the regions around Split and Sibenik have now been declared risk areas. These two "counties", which roughly correspond to the German federal states, are Sibenik-Knin and Split-Dalmatia. There are actually more than 50 cases per 100,000 cases. The Federal Foreign Office has now followed the definition of the RKI and issued a corresponding travel warning. In fact, cases in Croatia have been rising quite steadily since last week, as can be seen on the Corona website of the Croats is to be pursued.
This means that charter crews or owners returning from these sea areas must take a corona test at home and go into quarantine until the result is known; alternatively, they can also go into 14-day quarantine straight away. This is certainly an unpleasant surprise for many people returning from holiday. In fact, the two counties extend far beyond the islands. The two counties cover practically the entire coastal area from a line in the north near Vodice, Murter, Zut and the Kornati islands to far south of Split with the islands of Brac, Hvar and Vis.
Charter crews can now only contact their charter companies and ask whether they might be able to postpone the trip. However, most charter contracts are not subject to voyage law, but to the less favourable rental law. In this respect, concessions made by fleet providers to customers are mostly a gesture of goodwill.
Andreas Fritsch
Editor Travel
